Hema Upadhyay

Hema Upadhyay Exhibited at The Saatchi Gallery

Baroda born and Mumbai based Hema Upadhyay uses photography and sculptural installations to explore notions of personal identity, dislocation, nostalgia and gender. Upadhyayâ€™s work Killing Site draws on the theme of migration and human displacement across Asia. The top of the work is based on Mumbaiâ€™s dilapidated shanty towns, here appearing upside down and protruding out like a canopy over Upadhyayâ€™s decorated montage. Upadhyay draws on her own personal and family history of migration to express her concerns and this is expressed through the way she portrays herself in her works. The upturned slums reference the repercussions and socio-economic inequalities that emerge as a hidden consequence of the relentless tide of urban development in the city.